by Dave Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog
The 99% Spring movement is starting to make itself heard at corporate shareholder meetings around the country. And next week it really gets started and will be big. (I'll be reporting from the GE shareholder meeting next week in Detroit.) Did you know that shareholder...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
When President Nixon went to China in 1972, manufacturing was 22 percent of the nation's economy. It was still 20 percent of the nation's economy eight years later when China was granted most-favored-nation trading status. We're all too familiar with how the story of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Congressman Raul Grijalva has introduced The Border Infrastructure and Jobs Act of 2011. (Fronteriza Y Trabajos 2011.) According to the Nogales International, this is a bill to "strengthen cross-border trade; modernize and expand border transportation; adequately...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 19, 2012 | Blog
Good Lord, what is the matter with people? There are millions of jobs that need doing, and millions of unemployed. How hard is it to figure out what to do? Next up before the Senate is an infrastructure bill. It's simple, $60 billion to repair aging infrastructure....
by Dave Johnson | Apr 18, 2012 | Blog
President Obama and many Democrats spent much of 2011 talking about deficits instead of doing something about jobs. Now, a too-close election is on the horizon (too-close because of spending 2011 talking about deficits instead of doing something about jobs) and we're...
